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Show Cancer Causes CausesRemain CausesRemain Remain MysteryTo Mystery To Researchers ResearchersBy By DR JAMES W BARTON BARYON BARYONDRS BARTONBRS BRS DRS BANTINGand BANTING and Best Bestthe Bestthe , , the Toronto research researchphYSlClans research researchphysicians researchphysicians phYSlClans physicians have given glVen msu1m lnsutin insu msu lnsu 1m tin to the worldand world and thussaved thussaved thus Isaved saved or prolonged prolonged pro - longed the lives l1ves hues TO TODAY'S TODAYS TODAY'Sof TODAYSof DAY'S DAYS ' of diabetic chil cliff chIlHE cliffH HE H u C A n LT I T udren Hdren Ndean dren dean andadults andadults and "tHLlH tHLlH "tHLlHadults " H N adults Diabe Duabe COLUMN COLUMNtes tes was formerly formerly former _ ly an incurable mcurable disease 8ImI Simi 8ImIlady Similarly Similarly lady larly Drs Minot Mmot and Murphy Bos Bus Boston Buston Boston ton showed that liver and later _ 1 ver extract wouldprevent would ' " P prevent death m In theformerly the 4 ' formerly Incurablepern incurablepern incurable ( , * ' pern clous ClaUS cious anemIaWith anemia anemiaV V/ V VWith i anemiai / _ With these two twowonderful 4rw two4rw 4rwwonderful twoSjg ; - . wonderful ach eVements eve * ments within the thelast thelast thei " i last 10 to 15 years yearsIt yearsit yearsit It v/as v as VIas was / confidently confidentlyexpectcd confidentlyexpected confidentlyexpected expectcd expected by re research research research search and practlc practie practieing practicing L 109 ing physicians that thatthe thatthe - the cause of cancerDr cancerDr cancer jDr Dr Butonwould Btirtonwould B-irton B irton Buton Btirton - would soon be dis dls dlscovercd discovered discovered covered covercd andan and an another another another other fatal disease conquered De Despite Despite Despite spite the great expenditure of time timeand timeand timeand and money throughout the Clv civilizedworld civilized civilizedworld lzed lzedworld world the cause of cancer remaInS remaInSunknown remainsunknown remainsunknown remainsunknownNow unknown unknownNow Now there is really no known knowncure knowncure knowncure cure for diabetes or pernicious ane anemla anemia anemia mla mia yet these diseases are being beingconqueredby beingconqueredby beingconquered conquered-by conquered by - by prolonging prolonglOg lives for forseveral forseveral forseveral several years-by years by years - - by the use of InsulIn InsulInand insulinand msulmand and liver respectively We should shouldtherefore shouldtherefore shouldtherefore therefore in justice Jushce Iustice to cancer re rescarch research research scarch search workers appreciate the fact factthat factthat factthat that if discovered dlscovercd early cancer can canbe canbe canbe be actually cured by the use of the theknife theknife theknife knife X rays and radIumInstead radiumInstead radium radiumInstead Instead of waiting waltmg for a sore or aJump alump a | lump Jump to develop to the po nt where wherethere wherethere wherethere there is no doubt of it bemg being a can cancer cancer cancer cer what is called a biopsy is now nowmade nowmade nowmade made This is the exammat cxammat examinat on ot of ota ofa ofa a piece of the suspected tissue un on under onder under der the microscope microscopeBiopsy Biopsy Sore Test TestThe TestThe TestThe The Canadian Med cal associat assoclat on onm onin onin m in its Handbook on Cancer saysBIOPSY saysBiopsy says saysBiopsy Biopsy is a most useful procedure procedureand procedureand procedureand and the only means of making makmg cer certam certam certarn tam that the growth is cancer cancerIt cancerIt cancerIt It certainly illustrates the great greatteam greatteam greatteam team work in hospitals now tosee tosee to , see the pathologist take a small smallpiece smallpiece smallpiece piece of tissue from the operatmg operating operatmgroom operatingroom operatmgroom room at once to the laboratory for formicroscopIC formicroscopic formicroscopic microscopIC exammatlonThe examinationThe examination exammatlon examinationThe The outlook for cancer of the lip Up lipIS Upis | is extraordinarily good 0/er 0 er O.er Oer Oaer / . 75 per percent percent percent cent of all cases without selectIOnmay selectionmay selection may be cured The importance lffiportance of ofrecognIzmg ofrecognizing ofrecognizing recognIzmg recognizing cancer early and glvmg giving glvmglffimedlate givingimmediate givingimmediate lffimedlate immediate treatment is shown by bythe bythe bythe the tact fact that less than 2 per cent of ofthe ofthe ofthe the cases treated early die of the thedIsease thedisease thedisease dIsease whereas 60 per cent of ofneglected ofneglected otneglected neglected patients die of cancerOf cancerOf cancer cancerOf Of course the lip up is easily get at atable atable atable able but in m early cases of cancer of ofthe ofthe otthe the tongue and the inside mSlde of the thecheek thecheek thecheek cheek the result of treatment by bysurgery bysurgery bysurgery surgery and radium gives 60 per percent percent percent cent of curess cures s . a * . a * . aExercise E Exercise Eercise ercise NeededFor Needed 'For For ' \ For Good Health HealthOne One of the expressions eepressions we heard heardas heardas heardas as youngsters when an md ind vIdual vIdualwas vidualwas vidualwas was constantly complaining compJammg about abouthIS abouthis abouthis hIS aches pains pams stiffness stillness or other othercondItions otherconditions otherconditions condItions was If he d st at r hIs hIsstumps hisstumps hisstumps stumps he d have no st ffness fTness ffnessaches fTnessaches nnessaches aches or pains The thoughtas thought \\as as \ wasthat \ astha as asthat tha that t it was lack of desire to work workor workor workor or play ( plain plal1l laz Jaz ness mess ) that was wasresponsible wasresponsible wasresponsible responsible tor for his symptoms if any anysymptoms anysymptoms anysymptoms symptoms were present Today as we see men mcn and "omen omen women "omenwell womenwell " womenwell well past their three score years yearsand yearsand yearsand and ten walking walkmg about-shrrIng about shrrIng about-stirring stirring about - - stirring their theirstumpsIt theirstumps theirstumpsit stumps-It stumps It - it is 1s not hard to understand understandwhy understandwhy understandwhy why they keep tree free of symptoms symptomsand symptomsand symptomsand and live so long It is 1s exercise e ' ercise th s swalkmg swalking swalking walkmg walking about that not only keeps keepstheIr keepstheir keepstheir theIr legs and feet supple but keeps keepstheIr keepstheir keepstheir theIr heart strong and their blood bloodves bloodvessels bloodvessels ves vessels els elasticMost elasticMost elastic elasticMost Most of us do not realize real1ze that Just lust Justto lustto justto to walk about at an ordinary ordmary ga t tcalls tcalls tcalls calls upon the heart to pump about aboutfive aboutfive aboutfive five times tunes as much blood as \ ttl I\t I t wI en enwe enwe enwe we are at complete restTheory restTheory rest restTheory Theory Fully rully TestedSome TestedSome Tested TestedSome Some idea of how any simple ex ez exerclse ezercise exercise erclse ercise any stirring of our stumps stumpshelps stumpshelps stumpshelps helps the circulation of the wholebody whole wholebody wholebody body can be seen in a II report by byDrs byDrs byDrs Drs W J Shaw and C E BRick BRickards B Rick Rickards Rickards ards Manchester in m Journal of Ob Oh Obstetfles Obstetncs Ohstetrics stetfles stetrics and Gynaecology Gynaecoogy ] Follow Followmg Following Following mg ing operation it sometimes happens happensthat happensthat happensthat that a litte latte plug or clot-embolu clot embolu clot-embolua- embolua clotemboluawill clot - - embolui emboluiwill - will get detached and plug or com corn completely cornpletely cornpletoly pletely fill a small blood vessel thus thusshuttmg thusshutting thusshutting shuttmg shutting off the blood supply bupply to a apart apart apart part with serious consequences 1f if : 1fIn ifin ifin In bl ba biain aln ain or heart This may be becaused becaused becaused caused by poor circulation cIrculahon and other otherconditIons otherconditions otherconditions conditIons Drs Shaw and Rick Ricki Rickards Rickards Rickards i ards found that m In one hosp hasp tal talwhere talwhere talwhere where the same surgeon same op oper.hons operltions opentions er.hons erhons erltions . same treatments wel wale walegiven weiegiven e egiven given without simple slffiple eJ\.el eJ.el eJ .el el exeicise exeicase \ . Clse attcr after attcroperation afteroperation afteroperation operation the number of cases cllses of ofembolus ofembolus ofembolus embolus or plugg ng of the blooa blood blooavessels bloodvessels bloodvessels vessels was five times as many liS as liSm asin asin m in the other hosp hasp tal i s \ here the e eat eaterciscs exerciscs ' < erclses erciscs v . were ere given The exerc e'lerc elerc ' ( ses sec sesg secg sesg g ven yen were simply 1 ft ng arms h gh ghover ghover ghover over their Ulelr heads a few times tlInes and andthen andthen andthen then lying lymg on the r backs dra vmg ving vmglegs vinglegs vinglegs legs up to the body and straightenng straightenrig straighten ng rig them again agam againSick . Sick or wellL well.cept wellt.cept well L except \.cept .cept t.cept tcept . ' \ . perhaps in inacute inacute acute heart d sease a 1 I t ttle exer exercise exercise clse cise can be of great benefit to us usReleased usReleased IReleased Released ( by Western Newspaper Unio Unlo Unto I ) , |